r/LibDem 4d ago

News Lib Dem Suspended over Pro-Trans Tweet

https://archive.ph/azDFg
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u/VerbingNoun413 4d ago

Try to keep my membership challenge (impossible)

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u/TangoJavaTJ No votes for transphobes! 🏳️‍⚧️ 4d ago

Yeah don't. The Liberal Democrats have been on the wrong side of this for a while now... Greens are the best of a bad bunch. Corbyn-Sultana might turn out okay if they kick out that one Tory they've got for some reason.

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u/ThwMinto01 Rawlsian Liberal 4d ago

Wait, so you dislike the LibDems for this but also don't oppose Your Party given the statements Adnan Hussain has made ("They're not biologically women, hence trans-women" among other statements)? Or the Greens, given the election of their deputy leader who has said challenging what Adnan Hussain said amounted too pointless purity testing of the left ("︀︀It's no different than some left-wing factions insisting that Greens are not left wing enough in our DNA. It's time to put purity testing to one side and pick an actual side.")

I can understand being suspicious towards the libdems even though I disagree, but I am confused at how you can then conclude the Greens or Your Party are better - every party in England has flaws in this area (only really the Scottish Greens have any room to claim a highground on this issue) and while I think the LDs and Greens are about on par (especially given the election of Zack, who is explicitly pro-LGBTQIA+), I cant see how YP can somehow be seen as positive on this if they don't crack down on Adnan Hussain

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u/TangoJavaTJ No votes for transphobes! 🏳️‍⚧️ 4d ago

...did you read my comment? Including the last sentence?

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u/ThwMinto01 Rawlsian Liberal 4d ago

yes, I was assuming you were referring to the Maya Forstater case as you explained your view twice on that and said you didn't plan on explaining it again (im going to look more deeply into the ruling as what I said was my understanding of it from what I had been told, if I am incorrect in that interpretation then I apologise)

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u/theendisloading_uk 4d ago

You cannot seriously expect a party to stand by and defend people sending gun threats.

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u/TangoJavaTJ No votes for transphobes! 🏳️‍⚧️ 4d ago

Look Rebecca, I get that you're 22 and basically never leave London but there's a big difference between an actual gun threat and a shitpost. Maybe go touch grass if you can find some? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/theendisloading_uk 4d ago

I leave London most months actually to go to the West Country. Whether the threat is actual or not doesn't change the fact our elected representatives have to be held to a higher standard than the rest of us.